The person using Obzervr Capture or Manager (i.e. a field worker, technician or engineer)

Assignment

A job performed at a place by a person.

A job = Assignment Type

A place = Assignment Point

A person = User

Assignment Type

A job or workflow type. For example, a building & pest inspection, groundwater sampling or a defect assessment.

Trip

A group or batch of Assignments. This can be day or week of Assignments. Trips allows you to submit a Chain of Custody with Samples from more than one Assignment.

Assignment Point

The location where you perform your Assignment. This can be a Site, Property or piece of Equipment. Change the labels for the Geolocation Hierarchy in Obzervr Manager (Configuration – General – Label Alias).

Sync

Short for Synchronisation. Sync is the process of transferring data collected on the device up to the cloud and vice versa. This is so that your device can operate offline. Initiate sync by pulling down on the Assignments or Trips List screen. Read more here: How to Sync Obzervr Capture

The paper document which outlines the Sample Sets collected and is sent to the Laboratory. In Obzervr, we refer to Assignment COCs, Trip COCs and Quick COCs. Read more here: How to create a Quick Chain of Custody

Electronic Chain of Custody (eCOC)

The electronic version of the Chain of Custody sent to the laboratory.

Sample Submission Form

A simplified paper Chain of Custody used in conjunction with the electronic Chain of Custody to identify Samples sent to a Laboratory. This is sent as an XML file.

Series are Field Measurements which are captured repetitively. For example, every time a defect is found on a unit, the same Field Measurements are captured about the defect (i.e. Description, Likelihood and Consequence). Read more here: Series Explained

Attributes

Attributes are additional static information about an Assignment Point or Asset. Attributes help to inform Capture users about the Assignment Point they are working at.

Trip Template

Trip Templates are a way to create Trips with the same Assignment Types and Assignment Points which can be used repetitively. This might be helpful for a Quarterly Monitoring Round which visits the same places and the same work is performed there.

Assignment Category

Assignment Categories are another level to subdivide an Assignment Type (i.e. Inspection, Ad hoc or Monitoring)

Role Based Access Control

The Roles and Permissions a User has in Obzervr Capture and Manager. A User can have Mobile, Web or Both permissions. The User also has Read (view-only) or Admin (edit and create) roles to access sections of Obzervr Manager and Capture. Read more here: Role-based Security Access

Assignment Status

Assignment Statuses are how a Capture User tells a Manager User how far through an Assignment they are. Some examples are: Assigned, In Progress, Cancel, and Complete. Read more here: The 8 Assignment Statuses Explained

Equipment

Tools are equipment you take with you (i.e. Water Quality Meters). Plant & Equipment are located at an Assignment Point.

Business Intelligence

The dashboards and visualisations created to display analytics of the data captured in Obzervr. Typically, these are created using Microsoft Power BI.